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Fayetteville, NC vs Salisbury, MD

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- Salisbury spends 68.6% more per student than Fayetteville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.0% lower in Salisbury than in Fayetteville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salisbury had 7.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fayetteville
 Fayetteville, NCSalisbury, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,051$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,614  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,429$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6674573
 Students per Counselor307  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Fayetteville    46 Reviews

I have lived in Fayetteville for 21 years and I LOVE IT! Fayetteville is a military town and that is what brought my husband and I here originally. Since January 2000  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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I've lived in the area for a little over ten years - after moving around to many, many places in my career - and I find that Fay is overall pretty much average. Most of  More

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Reviews for Salisbury    11 Reviews

Elijah · 
Over 5 years ago

I left Salisbury 5 years ago, but a year ago I had some business nearby, so I decides to visit Salisbury, MD for nostalgia’s sake, it was a big mistake. I’ll admit there  More

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Over 6 years ago

I lived in Salisbury for 10 years before leaving and It’s funny that people keep telling me that Salisbury has very little crime, and that it having high crime is made  More

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I am tired of hearing about salisbury having a "high violent crime rate" in these national reviews. It is inaccurate and damaging to property and business owners here.  More

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